Houdek v. ThyssenKrupp Materials N.A., Inc.

{¶ 1} ThyssenKrupp Materials N.A., Inc., appeals from a judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals that reversed a grant of summary judgment in its favor on claims that one of its supervisors had directed Bruce R. Houdek to work in an aisle of a warehouse where he sustained injuries when a co-worker operating a sideloader struck him. We are asked to consider the impact of a recently enacted statute on our prior case decisions which held employers liable for intentional torts occurring in the workplace when injuries were substantially certain to occur.

{¶ 2} R.C. 2745.01(A), effective…